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Tag: Higher Education
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Campus & Community
Harvard files brief with Supreme Court in admissions case
In a brief filed Monday with the Supreme Court, Harvard defended its interest in pursuing the benefits of student-body diversity and the consideration of race as one factor among many.
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Nation & World
Higher ed leaders back Harvard-MIT fight against ICE rules
Harvard and MIT file suit against a federal order requiring international students to attend classes in person this fall or risk deportation, visa denial.
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Campus & Community
A long road, well chronicled
Denise-Marie Ordway, with a large family and impressive resumé, excels as Nieman Fellow, HGSE master’s candidate
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Campus & Community
On having — and being — a role model
An interview with Bridget Terry Long, the new dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, on her first eight months on the job.
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Campus & Community
Leadership lessons from Harvard’s president
Harvard President Larry Bacow talks about his leadership journey and the lessons along the way.
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Nation & World
Tax on university endowments passes
Harvard President Drew Faust said that the tax bill represents an unprecedented attack on the tax-exempt status of nonprofits and charities because it taxes, for the first time, income for such an institution’s core mission — in this case, education.
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Nation & World
The challenges facing higher ed
Excellence, access, and affordability are top concerns for higher education, Faust and other presidents say in Washington discussion.
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Nation & World
Endowments as engines of education
In letter, Harvard officials tell congressional committees why endowments are fundamental to higher education’s stability, research, and mission.
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Campus & Community
Lowe selected for National Council on the Humanities
Shelly C. Lowe, the executive director of the Harvard University Native American Program and a leading advocate for Native Americans in higher education, has been confirmed by the United States Senate and appointed by President Obama to join the National Council on the Humanities.
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Campus & Community
Progress report: The Harvard Campaign
The Harvard Gazette spoke with five members of Harvard’s governing boards, who also serve as co-chairs of the Harvard Campaign, to discuss Harvard’s fundraising effort, the environment in which it is occurring, its priorities, and its meaning to the co-chairs who give their time to execute it.
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Campus & Community
Managing a ‘seismic shift’
Harvard simultaneously faces stiff economic challenges and evolving opportunities, President Drew Faust said in her opening-of-year speech.
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Nation & World
Talent on the sidelines
Every spring, high-achieving high school seniors around the country play the college admissions game in the lead-up to the May 1 decision deadline. Research by Christopher Avery of HKS research shows that many poor but promising students are sitting out.
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Nation & World
Taking a stand on diversity
After the Supreme Court announced it will hear a major case on affirmative action in October, Harvard joined 13 other universities to file a friend-of-the-court brief supporting considerations of race in college admissions.
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Nation & World
In support of the generalist
Andrew Delbanco, social critic and recipient of the National Humanities Award, warned in a speech that the shift of American higher education away from its liberal arts traditions undermines democratic society as universities push students into preprofessional pursuits.
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Nation & World
What it takes to lead
Do leaders need competence, character, or both? And can such traits be taught? On Feb. 7, Harvard experts gathered to discuss the University’s role in fostering leaders in business, education, and the public sector in honor of Harvard Corporation member Nan Keohane’s new book, “Thinking About Leadership.”
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Nation & World
Innovative education
In a speech, Arizona State president presents new ideas that could fuel higher educational innovation over the next 40 years.
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Nation & World
More ways of defining diversity
A study by a student at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education suggests that university staffs and students value having a diverse campus, but doubt that strict racial preferences are the right way to develop it.
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Nation & World
Classic college vs. online learning
Two top players in the field of higher education explored two almost polar approaches to learning during a discussion at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Arts & Culture
The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University
In this relevant release, Menand, an English professor, argues that most universities are out of touch and calls for their dire makeover. Menand touches on everything from problem solving to curriculum, to faculty and diversity, and more.
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Campus & Community
University Presidents Panel: Higher Ed after the Crash
Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust, on a panel with three other university presidents at the First Draft of History conference, noted that the crash has occasioned a moment of stocktaking, in which universities have been reminded the importance of keeping focus on the “the long view.” Universities, unlike corporations, should not be focused on the…